Bangui

\bɑ̃.ɡi\

/\bɑ̃.ɡi\/ name

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The verdict

“Bangui” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,634. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,634
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avant 1903, simple avant-poste sur la rive droite française de l'Oubangui dans le cadre de la politique de colonialisme de la France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bangui · Bangui · French

Bangui · rank #26,634 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,634
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH banalité

Nearest frequency peer: banalité (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bangui »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Bangui » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bangui vs banni
50% similar
Bangui vs banque
50% similar
Bangui vs bang
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bangui
PropertyValue
HeadwordBangui
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bɑ̃.ɡi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,634
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bangui »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Banguise place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « banalité » (#26,633), « bannissement » (#26,635), « bacheliers » (#26,632). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bangui » est au #26,634. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Bangui (IPA \bɑ̃.ɡi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,634 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bangui, with forms such as "abngui", "bagnui", and "banggui". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "banni", "banque", "bang", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Bangui, spelled B-A-N-G-U-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avant 1903, simple avant-poste sur la rive droite française de l'Oubangui dans le cadre de la politique de colonialisme de la France.
  2. 2
    Ville et capitale de République centrafricaine.
  3. 3
    Gouvernement centrafricain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bangui appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’Oubanghi, principal affluent de la rive droite du Congo, indique, sur une distance d’environ 1.000 kilomètres, la ligne séparative des possessions françaises et belges. Sa direction générale, en le prenant à partir de son confluent, est d’abord franchement du Sud au Nord, jusqu’à la station de Bangui. En ce point, la rivière s’infléchit brusquement à l’…
  2. À Bangui, j'habitais un petit bungalow perdu parmi les bananiers, au pied d'une colline où la lune venait chaque nuit se percher comme un hibou lumineux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abngui
  • bagnui
  • banggui
  • bangiu
  • banngui
  • banugi
  • bbangui
  • bnagui

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bangui - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abngui2bagnui2banggui1bangiu2banngui1banugi2bbangui1bnagui2
Edit distance from "Bangui"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bangui"?
"Bangui" is spelled B-A-N-G-U-I. The IPA pronunciation is \bɑ̃.ɡi\.
What does "Bangui" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bangui" means: Avant 1903, simple avant-poste sur la rive droite française de l'Oubangui dans le cadre de la politique de colonialisme de la France.
What words are commonly confused with "Bangui"?
"Bangui" is commonly confused with "banni", "banque", "bang". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bangui"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bangui" is \bɑ̃.ɡi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bangui" come from?
"Bangui" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bangui", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bardot#26,636Arturo#26,625Billie#26,644ajouts#26,609

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

agresse8 variantséditée8 variantscroira8 variantsdarcy8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list